Guidelines

● The signatory must be either the applying individual, or the legal representative of the applicant
organisation or the leading organisation in a consortium.
● The signature can’t be typed. Digital signature (e.g. using pdf readers features) is allowed.
● The date must be between January 10th 2024 and the deadline of the evaluation round you are
applying for.
● Delete this notice before uploading the declaration to the application platform.
 Declaration of honour
1. I declare:
a. the organisation that I represent is not bankrupt or being wound up, is not having its
affairs administered by the courts, has not entered into an arrangement with creditors, has
not suspended business activities, is not the subject of proceedings concerning those
matters, nor is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure provided for in
national legislation or regulations;
b. neither the organisation that I represent nor persons having powers of representation,
decision making or control over it have been convicted of an offence concerning their
professional conduct by a judgment which has the force of res judicata;
c. neither the organisation that I represent nor persons having powers of representation,
decision making or control over it have been guilty of grave professional misconduct
proven by any means which the contracting authority can justify including by decisions of
the European Investment Bank and international organisations;
d. the organisation that I represent is in compliance with its obligations relating to the
payment of social security contributions or the payment of taxes in accordance with the
legal provisions of the country in which it is established or with those of the country of the
contracting authority or those of the country where the contract is to be performed;
e. neither the organisation that I represent nor persons having powers of representation,
decision making or control over it have been the subject of a judgment which has the
force of res judicata for fraud, corruption, involvement in a criminal organisation or any
other illegal activity, where such illegal activity is detrimental to the Union’s financial
interests;
f. the organisation that I represent is not subject to an administrative penalty for being guilty
of misrepresenting the information required by the contracting authority as a condition of
participation in a grant award procedure or another procurement procedure or failing to
supply this information, or having been declared to be in serious breach of its obligations
under contracts or grants covered by the Union's budget.
g. the proposed project does not receive funding for the same activities from other sources.
2. I declare that I:
a. am not subject to a conflict of interest;
b. have not made false declarations in supplying the information required as a condition of
participation in the IMPETUS call or did not fail to supply this information;
c. am not in one of the situations of exclusion, referred to in the above-mentioned points 1a)
to 1f).
3. I certify that I:
a. am committed to participate in the project;
b. have stable and sufficient sources of funding to maintain activity throughout participation
in the project and to provide any counterpart funding necessary;
c. have or will have the necessary resources as and when needed to carry out involvement
in the project.
4. I declare that I and other representatives of my organisation will:
a. ensure the quality, integrity and accuracy of research activities and outputs within the
scope of the project;
b. ensure informed consent of any and all volunteers taking part in the project, both data
subjects (such as in the case of surveys) and project participants (such as citizen
scientists);
c. take all steps to protect and ensure the confidentiality of all project participants;

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 d. take all necessary steps to protect vulnerable groups who may participate within the
project (particularly minors and those with a reduced capacity for consent);
e. actively seek to encourage participation from underrepresented groups;
f. comply with any and all legal requirements, both within the country or countries in which
the project shall operate and at the European level, in particular the European Union
General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679;
g. take all reasonable steps to ensure project outputs are made openly available and
accessible to the widest possible audience, where this does not infringe upon the rights
and expectations of project participants, or contravene the legal requirements of the
territories in which the project shall operate.

I declare that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, I am eligible to apply for the IMPETUS accelerator
call and all the information I provided in the form is true.

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